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I know. It's Friday, not Wednesday. My recent trip to Japan has left me all confused.

Double Century Ale was introduced in 1949 to commemorate 200 years of William Younger. Except, as Martyn Cornell has pointed out, the date is a few decades too early. The 1749 date for the founding of the brewery is wildly optimistic.

I’m not sure what style it’s meant to be. Strong Brown Ale? Old Ale? Scotch Ale? Who really cares?

One odd feature of Double Century is that, despite containing lactose, it has a higher degree of attenuation than most William Younger beers. A bit weird, that. Though they did like lactose, using it in several different styles, not just Milk Stout like most breweries. They were a bit modern in that way.

The grist isn’t complicated, just pale malt, flaked maize and sugar. Once again, the percentage of adjunct is very high.




1958 William Younger Double Century Ale


pale malt
8.00 lb
61.54%


flaked maize
4.00 lb
30.77%


lactose
0.50 lb
3.85%


cane sugar
0.25 lb
1.92%


caramel 1000 SRM
0.25 lb
1.92%


Fuggles 90 mins
1.00 oz



Fuggles 60 mins
0.50 oz



Goldings 30 mins
0.25 oz



OG
1057



FG
1014



ABV
5.69



Apparent attenuation
75.44%



IBU
21



SRM
19



Mash at
149º F



Sparge at
160º F



Boil time
90 minutes



pitching temp
59º F



Yeast
WLP028 Edinburgh Ale





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